What I love most about Beirut is the ambiguity of the lyrics. Clearly it's about a relationship between people, but exactly what kind (romantic, familial, etc) is left to the perspective of the listener.
That said, it reminds me of Milan Kundera's Unbearable Lightness of Being. I doubt there's any real relation between the two, but they have the same essence of time moving, the doubts, the understandings or misunderstandings between people, and the pining desire for more.
What I love most about Beirut is the ambiguity of the lyrics. Clearly it's about a relationship between people, but exactly what kind (romantic, familial, etc) is left to the perspective of the listener.
That said, it reminds me of Milan Kundera's Unbearable Lightness of Being. I doubt there's any real relation between the two, but they have the same essence of time moving, the doubts, the understandings or misunderstandings between people, and the pining desire for more.